IRELAND
Irish Times
A Christian Brother has been jailed for sexually abusing young schoolboys in his classroom.
Brother Thomas McCarry (66) had admitted a series of sample charges of indecently assaulting four boys as young as 10 at a national school in the midlands between 1984 and 1987.
His jailing at Mullingar Circuit Court sitting in Tullamoretoday brought a conclusion to a ten-year investigation by detectives in the midlands town where the school is based.
The court had earlier been told that Brother McCarry, of Clareville, Finglas Road, Glasnevin, Dublin had deep shame and sorrow for his victims. The assaults all took place during school hours while the boys were aged 10-11 and in fifth and sixth class.
In statements to the gardai, four of his victims outlined how the Belfast native would approach from behind and lean over as if to help with schoolwork. Instead, he pulled up the jumper and shirt of each victim and rubbed either his lower stomach or flicked his nipples in a sexual way. In some instances, he put his hand inside his victims’ trousers and felt their private parts.
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